Tennessee’s Ban on Drag Shows Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled late Friday that Tennessee’s law restricting drag shows is unconstitutional. The decision is a ray of sunshine during Pride month as state bans on drag performances and related...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Opinion Means for 2024—and Beyond
The Supreme Court’s surprise ruling upholding the use of the Voting Rights Act in cases challenging political maps is likely to affect the 2024 elections and beyond—though how big the impact will be...
View ArticleToday, Ron DeSantis’ Florida Will Conduct Its Fourth Execution of the Year
In the lead-up to his recently announced presidential run, Gov. Ron DeSantis ramped up Florida’s use of the death penalty and shepherded through two laws expanding capital punishment. The moves, part...
View ArticleRon DeSantis Has Launched a New Battle in His War to Control Public Universities
Gov. Ron DeSantis is, famously, on a crusade to transform Florida’s education system into one that projects his own ideology. What’s taken up fewer national headlines is that one of the institutions...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Universities’ Affirmative Action Programs
The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that the use of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and thus is unconstitutional, dealing a serious...
View ArticleDid Justice Jackson Sneak a Loophole into the Supreme Court’s Affirmative...
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority banned race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities on Thursday, ruling that using race as an admissions factor violates the Constitution’s...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Allows Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed certain businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people, creating a large loophole in federal and state civil rights laws that have protected Americans for decades....
View ArticleIn Another Sign of Florida’s Democratic Decay, DeSantis Suspends an Elected...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a break from his ailing presidential campaign on Wednesday to suspend Monique Worrell, an Orlando-based elected prosecutor. The move was unsurprising: Since winning the...
View ArticleTrump and 18 Allies Slammed With 41 Charges in Sprawling Georgia Election Case
Former President Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia late on Monday on charges related to his desperate attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney...
View ArticleAffirmative Action May Be Dead—But the Battle Over Race and Admissions Is...
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, often ranked as the country’s top public high school, lies across the Potomac River from Washington in Alexandria, Virginia. For years, the...
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